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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75500,"section_number":"55.1-624","catch_line":"Deeds of corporations; how to be executed and acknowledged","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-624\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":61518,"section_number":"55.1-600","catch_line":"When and where writings recorded","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-600\/"},{"id":54760,"section_number":"55.1-612","catch_line":"Acknowledgment within the United States or its dependencies","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-612\/"},{"id":66884,"section_number":"55.1-613","catch_line":"Acknowledgments outside of the United States and its dependencies","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-613\/"},{"id":58585,"section_number":"55.1-615","catch_line":"Acknowledgments taken before commissioned officers in military service","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-615\/"}],"permalink":{"id":245569,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80086,"identifier":"55.1-625","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/4\/55.1-625","url":"\/55.1-625\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-625\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/4\/55.1-625","dublin_core":{"Title":"Acknowledgments on behalf of corporations and others","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-625","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When any writing purports to have been signed on behalf or by authority of any person or corporation, or in any representative capacity whatsoever, the certificate of the acknowledgment by the person so signing the writing shall be sufficient for the purposes of this and \u00a7\u00a7 55.1-600<\/a>, 55.1-612<\/a>, 55.1-613<\/a>, and 55.1-615<\/a>, and for the recordation of such writing as to the person or corporation on whose behalf it is signed, or as to the representative character of the person so signing the writing, as the case may be, without expressing that such acknowledgment was on behalf or by authority of such other person or corporation or was in a representative capacity. In the case of a writing signed on behalf or by authority of any person or corporation or in any representative capacity, a certificate to the following effect shall be sufficient:\n\t\tState (or territory or district) of ________, county (or city) of ________,: I, ________, a ________ (here insert the official title of the person certifying the acknowledgment) in and for the state (or territory or district) and county (or city) aforesaid, do certify that ________ (here insert the name or names of the persons signing the writing on behalf of the person or corporation, or the name of the person signing the writing in a representative capacity), whose name (or names) is (or are) signed to the writing above, bearing date on the ____ day of ____, has (or have) acknowledged the same before me in my county (or city) aforesaid. Given under my hand this ____ day of ____.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACKNOWLEDGMENTS ON BEHALF OF CORPORATIONS AND OTHERS (\u00a7 55.1-625)\n\nWhen any writing purports to have been signed on behalf or by authority of any\nperson or corporation, or in any representative capacity whatsoever, the\ncertificate of the acknowledgment by the person so signing the writing shall be\nsufficient for the purposes of this and \u00a7\u00a7 55.1-600, 55.1-612, 55.1-613, and\n55.1-615, and for the recordation of such writing as to the person or\ncorporation on whose behalf it is signed, or as to the representative character\nof the person so signing the writing, as the case may be, without expressing\nthat such acknowledgment was on behalf or by authority of such other person or\ncorporation or was in a representative capacity. In the case of a writing signed\non behalf or by authority of any person or corporation or in any representative\ncapacity, a certificate to the following effect shall be sufficient:\n\t\tState (or territory or district) of ________, county (or city) of ________,:\nI, ________, a ________ (here insert the official title of the person certifying\nthe acknowledgment) in and for the state (or territory or district) and county\n(or city) aforesaid, do certify that ________ (here insert the name or names of\nthe persons signing the writing on behalf of the person or corporation, or the\nname of the person signing the writing in a representative capacity), whose name\n(or names) is (or are) signed to the writing above, bearing date on the ____ day\nof ____, has (or have) acknowledged the same before me in my county (or city)\naforesaid. Given under my hand this ____ day of ____.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5207; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-120; 2019, c. 712.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}